DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.8 - - 71.8 - - 71.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 61 - - 29 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1051 - - 1599 - - 1544 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 921 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1940 - - 2488 - - 2433 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2265 - - 2493 - - 2674 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 172 - - 167 - - 91 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 204 - - 239 - - 222 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 13 - - 12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -654 - - 122 - - 713 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2594 - - 2366 - - 1720 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2407 - - -1460 - - -661 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4347 - - 3948 - - 3094 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 94 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 330 - - 1000 - - 1570 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.8 - - 71.8 - - 71.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.5 - - 64.4 - - 66.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.4 - - 71.7 - - 71.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.5 - - 63.2 - - 65.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 61 - - 29 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1051 - - 1599 - - 1544 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 78 - - 81 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 13 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99206 32 078 27 092 28 057 99206 91725 28 094 22 078 25 071 91725 85941 23 089 19 084 19 077 85941 81128 15 082 20 088 17 095 81128 76974 11 104 13 084 14 068 76974 73299 8 113 6 097 7 033 73299 69967 7 086 7 067 3 047 69967 66898 5 043 8 044 5 024 66898 64047 7 329 8 324 10 337 64047 61295 11 320 12 297 13 292 61295 58437 17 299 15 292 13 292 58437 55464 24 290 22 292 19 296 55464 52616 32 282 36 290 36 288 52616 50060 39 273 48 269 51 278 50060 47788 41 272 41 262 49 274 47788 45741 51 284 46 276 49 279 45741 43874 68 286 64 286 61 279 43874 42165 81 283 80 280 75 276 42165 40597 81 283 85 277 80 274 40597 39140 81 282 85 278 82 273 39140 37770 81 279 82 276 83 271 37770 36446 77 278 79 275 80 270 36446 35098 73 279 78 276 75 271 35098 33697 71 280 74 277 72 272 33697 32245 71 280 70 277 70 274 32245 30726 69 279 67 276 67 276 30726 29130 65 278 66 273 62 276 29130 27458 58 278 64 272 61 272 27458 25707 49 273 58 274 59 268 25707 23881 47 265 52 274 53 266 23881 21983 48 264 49 269 47 267 21983 20006 44 266 46 267 44 265 20006 17945 38 269 44 270 39 264 17945 15842 33 273 35 268 35 269 15842 13815 31 278 31 266 30 271 13815 11972 28 280 30 265 32 272 11972 10339 28 278 28 266 30 272 10339 8893 27 261 25 265 25 276 8893 7604 28 234 25 260 21 285 7604 6458 28 235 27 251 16 275 6458 5441 28 239 25 246 14 256 5441 4544 28 238 21 234 13 243 4544 3749 27 233 17 225 13 235 3749 3037 24 227 15*228 12*232 3037 2408 19*219 15*238 11*233 2408 1883 13*211 11 238 10 223 1883 1480 10 203 8 240 9 219 1480 1203 8 200 7 243 8 216 1203 1035 7 199 6 245 7 214 1035 938 6 198 5 246 5 212 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography